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🎤What makes Figma the ultimate tool for this veteran designer?

Lead UX Designer at Motilal Oswal, Omkar Mahimkar walks Taapsi through his creative process on Figma.

Poocho Staff

20 Oct 2023 — 1 min read

In this episode of Down & Dirty, Omkar Mahimkar walks us through his creative process as the Lead UX Designer at Motilal Oswal. With a storied career spanning 18 years, Omkar has created sophisticated design solutions for brands such as Hungama, Pepperfry, and even the Kolkata Knight Riders!

Omkar’s design tool of choice is Figma which, in addition to its seamless collaborative capacities, allows him to build an impressive library of design components to deploy rapidly across various projects.

With all the tools out there vying for attention, Figma seems to have nailed the formula that empowers Omkar to gracefully walk the line between manager and designer.

Watch our episode this week closely to get a deep dive into Omkar’s love for nested hierarchies and how Figma scratches his itch of designing “clean, consistent, and simple interfaces for high user satisfaction.”

You can check out his whole conversation here:

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